Hose coupling and guard.



A. B. HURLEY.

HOSE COUPLING AND GUARD.

APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 10. 1913.

1 KQ QfiQZ Patented May 18, 1915.

' hereunto appended.

ALBERT n. Hunter, vor snaroan, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR or one-Hate ro w.HURLEY, or sneronn, DELAWARE;

nose CDUPLING AND GUA i Specification of lictters'ratent.

lPatented May 11%, Iwlfi.

Application filed June 10, was. sesame. View.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Anennzr B. Hunter, acitizen of the United States, reslding at Seaford, in the county ofSussex and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Hose @ouplings and Guards, of which the following is a specification.i

The invention relates to hose couplings, and more particularly to theclass of combined hose couplings and guards.

The primary object of the invention is the provision ofa device of thischaracter wherein a hose will be reinforced and protected againstbreakage at the joints therein or where the connections'and the nozzleof the usual type are mounted, thereby avoiding the buckling or theshort bending of the said hose at such points during usage of the same,thus increasing the life of the hose.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device or" thischaracter which will firmly and securely fasten the connections ornozzle in the hose and also which will afl ord a hand hold at suchpoints and especially at the nozzle end of the hose.

A further object of the in ention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which can be'formed from a single length of resilient wire toform a combined fastening and guard for the hose.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of device ofthis character which is extremely simple in construction, reliable andefficient in its purposes, and inexpensive in menu actors.

With these other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrang ment of parts as will behereinafter fully cribed, illustrated in the drawing, and po. d out inthe claims In the drawing:-Fignre l is a iragmeu tary side view of ahose with a device con structed in accordance with the inventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. i. Fig. 3 isa longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. l is a frag mentaryperspective view of the device re moved from the hose.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral. views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 5 designates a portion of a gardenhose and 6 the nozzle which is of the ordinary well known construction,the coupling sleeve 5? of which is fastened in the hose by means of thedevice presently described.

The device comprises a convoluted section 8 which is formed from asinglelength of resilient wire, one end of which is brought injuxtaposition to the adjacent convolution and is beveled at 9 to avoid aprotuberance or blunt terminalon the Wire, while the opposite end isbent to form a binding ring 10 having out-turned parallel alining eyes11 through which is passed a bolt 12' carrying anut 13 whichisadjustably threaded thereon, while the head 14: of the bolt worksagainst one of the eyes and the nut works against the other eye so thatthe ring 10 can be drawn tight for the fastening of the coupling sleeveof'a nozzle or other connection for a hose therein.

The device is applied externally on the hose so that the convolutionswill surround the hose, the length; of the device being variable andwhen surounding the hose will protect it from short bending or buckling,thereby obviating the puncturing of the said hose during its use. Thedevice also serves as a hand grip to permit the convenient manipulationthereof when water ing lawns or otherwise u sing the hose. The eyes 11are twisted from the single length of wire and {by adjusting the nu thebolt the ring it) will bind the hose -itly against the coupling sleeve'5 of the ezzle, thereby securely and firmly tast hose. This device isadapted for use on the hose any point w ere connections are mountedtherein and materially reinforces the hose and avoids leakage at saidpoints of conne and adjacent thereto.

l ror; oregoing it is hought that the construc on and manner ofoperationof the device will he clearly understood, and therefore a moreextended explanation has been omitted.

lt hat is claimed is As an article of manui acture, a hose couplingcomprisin a single strand of relatively stifi wire 0 uniform in crosssection throughout its extent hent to form a clamping loop and aconvoluted portion at one side of the said loop, said wire losingfurther bent to form double and single eyes disposed oppositeeach other,the double eye being located betweenthe clampig it to the LUTHER ingloop and the convoluted portion, one end clamping loop and a boltreceiving eye, and of the wire being beveled to lie substantially asecond opposed bolt receiving eye formed in the plane of the outermostconvolution, at the free terminal of said loop. and means passed throughthe said eyes for In testimony whereof I afifix my signature 5contracting the clamping loop. in presence of two witnesses.

2. A combined hose brace and coupling ALBERT B HURLEY member 00111rising an elongated spiral 7' 1 bracing mom er. constructed of a smgleWitnesses:

strand of wire and bent back upon itself L. W. HUBLEY, 10 adjacent oneterminal thereof to form a C. H. CAR'rnR.

